Seriously?
They have won many division championship banners over that time. They sure look impressive hung proudly on the walls of every stadium that has a few.

Then, there are the 2 AFC trophies they have earned in the past few seasons. Those trophies are Massive.
You don’t consider those of consequence?
Really? REALLY??
If you think they are not impressive, of no consequence, it MUST be because you, your team, has never seen one. You know. Up close. Tee hee.

]]>By: wolfmanpatriothttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2854648
Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:20:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2854648eport comment
hor2012 says:
Oct 8, 2013 12:41 PM
Before the season started this game kind of scared me. But, now the way our defense is playing and with the lack talent that Tom has around him. And it’s going to take Gronk some time to get into football shape. I really like our chances Sunday. Who Dat.

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I was thinking about the same. Not worried about this game before the season started.
But between the Pats offensive struggles, and the way your who dats been playing, it is already a nail biter down to the first knuckle. Should be a fun watch.

You must acknowledge that the Pats had to work to get hated this much – by winning week after week year after year, and especially after losing a game. In the last 12 years I don’t think they have lost twice in a row more than once.
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You’re correct 1historian. The Pats are hated for being great. But every great team will have haters in every sport (I hate Jimmy Johnson in NASCAR – oh well). But your Pats haven’t won anything of real consequence in over a decade. Who cares if they make the playoffs every year (so do my Packers – nothing to brag about as it’s all forgotten if they don’t win the last game of the season).That’s all I’m saying. Don’t be offended. It’s just sports.

Good luck against the Saints, and I stand by my initial premonition that you’re about to lose 2 in a row real soon.

]]>By: jswang3http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2854313
Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:40:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2854313You really would think by reading some of these comments that the Patriots weren’t 4-1. And Tom Brady just sucked@ss. Yes, they lost one game by 7 points to a good Bengals Defense. Tom was off but you have to remember that was Amendola’s first game back and it the timing wasn’t there with the two and his other receivers. It happens. The Patriots will be better maybe not as good as last year but they’ll be better. Stop being fair weather fans. It’s only weed 5 of the season there’s a lot more games to play and the defense is much improved.
]]>By: 1historianhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2853624
Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:18:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2853624grabgrabgrab – 1 more thing – The Bengals played great last week – let’s see how they do this week. If they stink it up and lost it pretty well negates their beating the Pats.

And we’ll see how the Pats do this week.

You must acknowledge that the Pats had to work to get hated this much – by winning week after week year after year, and especially after losing a game. In the last 12 years I don’t think they have lost twice in a row more than once.

]]>By: 1historianhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2853619
Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:14:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2853619grabgrabgrab – not worth the effort of a thumbs down. Perhaps they should introduce a new one – a yawner.

Brady is breaking in a new set of receivers on the fly – he’s lost about 90% of the yardage from last year.

Meanwhile – the D is looking better, they have a decent running game and the season is a marathon, not a sprint. The Pats are 4-1 and first in their conference (yawner) and with Gronk coming back it’s going to get better.

I realize that there are lots of Patriot haters out there but we Pats fans might take them a bit more seriously than we do if they would state support of some other team.

The old Bo Diddley song asks that poignant question – “Who Do You Love?”

What’s all this talk about the season being a waste for Brady and the Pats? It’s week 5 and the they are 5-1 and they are in first place in their division. Bla bla bla.
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The only team they’ve played thus far that had any talent were the Bengals, and they lost. Shocker! They’ll be one and done in the playoffs. Brady’s fingers are as full of super bowl rings as they’re ever going to be. Keep on dreaming New England fans. Keep on dreaming… ;)

Bring on those thumb downs.

]]>By: ejvyashttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2852551
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 23:30:54 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2852551Dont expect Gronk to be back and become hero. Right now the situation is if defense can cover Gronk, Edelman, Danny that is enough! All others are sure to fumble to ball.

Injured players start from scratch 0.

]]>By: neohlobohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2852394
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:33:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2852394What’s all this talk about the season being a waste for Brady and the Pats? It’s week 5 and the they are 5-1 and they are in first place in their division. They have the Jets, Dolphins, and Bills in their division. While all three teams are competitive this year, they aren’t going to win the division. The Pats will continue to play conservative football. They don’t need to light up the scoreboard like the Broncos. The goal is to get into the playoffs with a healthy team playing solid football. With that said, I think it’s likely Gronk will play this week, but less than 50 percent of the snaps and will post low TE1 numbers. The Pats will be very conservative with Gronk, because as mentioned above it’s quite likely he will get injured again this year if he’s not in football shape and worrying about getting injured again.
]]>By: brazzz01http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2852194
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:29:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2852194Gronk is fun to watch without a doubt.

But not only will he never be the superstar that people think he will be… he isn’t even long for the NFL in my opinion.

Too many injuries and too many surgeries take their toll on anybody. Soon he’ll be hit with one too many and that will be it for him.

I can’t wait to hear BB’s press conference where you know some reporter will ask him about it over and over getting varieties of the same shutdown answer.
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Yeah, after losing two in a row (they WILL lose this week to the Saints), it’s going to be way uglier than last week’s 1:45 rage.

Rest assured you’ll hear the following lines:
“… Yeah, they outplayed us, outcoached us in all three phases. They just did a better job than us.”

]]>By: terripethttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851460
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:07:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851460Does not matter the Pats are done, Brady is washed up
]]>By: skippynjhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851456
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:07:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851456I’m sure he worked his butt off to get back for this game. Brady would do the same thing if he was playing against Peyton. You want to compete against the best at your position and Jimmy Graham is the best TE in the league.
]]>By: kurb21http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851409
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:53:04 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851409The forearm is definitely a concern and whatever infection he acquired after the last surgery clearly complicated things. I hope his back is OK as well.

It is amazing how empty the cupboards are in New England right now on offense. Belichick should have done everything he could have to “win now” for Brady’s last few years in the league. He is forgiven for the loss of Hernandez, you can’t plan on having a homicidal maniac on your team. However, is there really no good receivers out there? This year is basically a complete waste of one of the last few Brady seasons.

]]>By: mingyabrohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851323
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:36:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851323mrphelps01- you do realize he has none of his receivers from last year and is breaking in a bunch of rookies/new receivers? Your comparison makes zero sense.

RJbell- the league does not enforce working out with the team piece or hardly enforces it. There are many ways around it and teams break the rul all the time

]]>By: selbyrj82http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851303
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:33:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851303Vereen and Riddley still out too. Once they come back you have Gronk, Vereen, Riddley, Amendola, Edelman. Amendola and Edleman are more than suitable replacements for Welker and Llloyd. Essentially they will be just as good and explosive as last year- because they had Hernandez rather than Gronk for the majority of last year.

In other words they will be just fine and will prove once again that the world should not ever doubt that as long as the combo of Brady and Bellicheck is present.

And no Im not a Pats fan, I hate them actually. I’m just a realist who recognizes and respects how good they are as a franchise.

]]>By: surfinbird1http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851256
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:26:22 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851256Great news but they need more than that to make it deep into the playoffs. Make a trade for a good deep threat and a little depth on the defensive line might be a good idea. C’mon guys don’t waste Bradys last few years.
]]>By: azarkhanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851255
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:26:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851255Even if he doesn’t play, the Pats still have Danny Amendola….
]]>By: Patskrieg dot comhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851242
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:24:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851242Gronk returns and the two unquestioned best tight ends in the game battle against eachother.

If offense is your thing you’re having trouble standing up in public right now.

]]>By: mrphelps01http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851237
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:23:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851237As great as Gronk is, I don’t think he’ll help ALL that much. Sadly, I think we’re witnessing the demise of one of the great QB’s of all time. Gino Smith, a rookie surrounded by equivalent talent, has almost the same QB rating (80.5 v. 80.3). Tom’s been inaccurate and, worse yet, hasn’t even thrown to a number of wide open receivers. I hope I’m wrong, but I think the Brady of a few years ago could’ve done a lot more with less.
]]>By: marima07http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851187
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:17:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851187Such a smart move by the Pats. Keeping him out keeps New Orleans from knowing how he’s going to be used and will have to figure it out during the game.

Gronk will make the team better just by being out there with them. Should be a terrific game.

]]>By: hakunamangatahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851137
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:05:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851137Gronk want catch ball! Gronk want play!
]]>By: keepongronkinghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851131
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:04:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851131With the addition of gronk, the patriots will improve in the red zone and the whole offense will improve as a whole because now the safetys wont be able to double cover amendola and thompkins. Im glad they kept him on the roster because now he has his football conditioning back.
]]>By: ampatshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851123
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:01:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851123Guess we won’t be seeing anymore articles about how the Pats wasted a roster spot on Gronk instead of putting him on PUP
]]>By: bucthathttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851108
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:56:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851108It doesn’t matter cause no matter what the Bucs r better team the pats with or without Gronk
#Goldsontakinyouout
]]>By: clownsfanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/08/gronkowski-expects-to-be-cleared-to-play-sunday/#comment-2851104
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:55:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2215872#comment-2851104and subsequently hurt by half-time.
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